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- Trump Said A Bunch Of Stuff While Sitting At A Weirdly Tiny Desk For Some Reason?
- Trump's Campaign Lost In Court — Again — Trying To Undo Biden’s Win In Pennsylvania
- Things We Tried And Liked In 2020
- A Project Almost 20 Years In The Making Tells The Story of What’s Happening in Georgia
- A Teen Influencer Who’s Deaf Says Social Media Has A Ways To Go When It Comes To Accessibility
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People Were Very Perplexed And Amused By Trump's Tiny Desk
"They sat Trump at the kid’s table for Thanksgiving."
Lauren Strapagiel
Trump's Campaign Lost In Court — Again — Trying To Undo Biden’s Win In Pennsylvania
“The Campaign’s claims have no merit,” wrote Judge Stephanos Bibas, one of Trump’s appointments to the 3rd Circuit.
Zoe Tillman
25 Tech Things We Tried And Liked In 2020
The apps, gadgets, subscriptions, and other things that made 2020 not so, uh, 2020.
BuzzFeed News
This Photographer Has An Inside View To Georgia’s Rural Communities.
It started with a look at one school's segregated prom, but became so much more as the nation looks to Georgia.
Pia Peterson
A Teen Influencer Who’s Deaf Says Social Media Has A Ways To Go When It Comes To Accessibility
In this week's newsletter: How Scarlet Waters used TikTok, an app built on music and bytes, to make people soberly aware about deafness, and why I think more influencers than not are running their own fan accounts.
Tanya Chen
Here's The Story Behind Princess Diana's Wedding Dress That "The Crown" Didn't Show
All the details about the iconic gown, which is known as the most closely guarded secret in fashion history.
Ellie Hall
Delta Fired A White Flight Attendant After Asking Whether She Was “Racist” Toward White Men
Delta Air Lines said Kiersten Bak violated their social media policy. She says she was just calling out harassment from trolls.
Julia Reinstein
15 Contemporary Indigenous Photographers Whose Work You Should Know
"If we can't have these conversations in 2020, we're not being honest with ourselves about where we come from and who we are — about how as Americans, we occupy stolen land every day.”
Pia Peterson
17 Books Our Favorite Authors Are Grateful For This Year
Celebrate Thanksgiving with the books loved by Jasmine Guillory, Jonathan Lethem, Casey McQuiston, Deesha Philyaw, and more.
Ciera Velarde
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Soccer Legend Diego Maradona Has Died At Age 60
Maradona, one of the game's most brilliant and controversial players, underwent brain surgery just weeks ago.
Amber Jamieson
Megan Thee Stallion's "Good News" Adds To Her Contradictions
The rapper’s refusal to say more about her shooting and her very difficult year might be her way of modeling what she’s asked the country to do this summer: “Protect Black women.”
Niela Orr
Alas, The New Kristen Stewart Lesbian Rom-Com Is Not Great
Happiest Season, Hulu's Christmas romantic comedy starring Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis, is sapped of its holiday cheer by a traumatic coming-out plotline. (Major spoilers!)
Shannon Keating
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WWF Admitted “Sorrow” Over Human Rights Abuses
A 160-page report, in response to a BuzzFeed News investigation, found long-standing failures at the celebrated wildlife charity.
Katie J.M. Baker
The Weeknd Went Off On The Grammys After He Got Zero Nominations
"The Grammys remain corrupt. You owe me, my fans and the industry transparency..."
Stephanie K. Baer
ICE Expelled 33 Immigrant Children Back To Guatemala After A Judge Said They Couldn't
“It is unconscionable that they are leaving the kids there and that they did not immediately bring them back,” one immigration analyst said.
Hamed Aleaziz
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After Two COVID-19 Shutdowns At The “Tamron Hall” Show, Crew Members Say The Show Is “Seriously Putting Lives In Danger”
“I don’t want to be lying in a bed or on a ventilator to make sure the show gets on the air,” one crew member told BuzzFeed News.
Krystie Lee Yandoli
“Quick Change” Magic Star David Maas Has Died Of The Coronavirus
Maas and his wife, Dania Kaseeva, performed at basketball halftime shows across the US and appeared on America’s Got Talent and The Oprah Winfrey Show.
David Mack
The TikToker Fired For His Viral Paint-Mixing Account Has A New Job
Tony Piloseno said he got job and collaboration offers from almost every major paint company, but he "really connected with" the founder of Florida Paints over a shared "passion for paint."
Tanya Chen
Here Are The Nominations For The 2021 Grammy Awards
Beyoncé leads with nine nominations, while Megan Thee Stallion nabbed her first Grammy nods ever. The two also shared three nominations for their "Savage" remix.
Stephanie K. Baer
38 Great Science Fiction/Fantasy–Themed Gifts
From deluxe leather-bound editions to fantasy book box subscriptions to Six of Crows socks and more.
Margaret Kingsbury
The US Is About To Hit Its Pivotal Pandemic Moment
The US has the highest COVID death toll in the world. Hospitals and morgues are packed across the nation. But three promising vaccine trials offer a glimmer of long-term hope.
Tasneem Nashrulla
A Former Cop Has Been Charged In The 2017 Killing Of An Unarmed Black Man
Keita O’Neil was fatally shot by a rookie San Francisco police officer in 2017 after he allegedly carjacked a state lottery employee's van.
Stephanie K. Baer
Michigan's Board Of Canvassers Certified Biden's Win In A Big Loss For Trump's Desperate Bid To Overturn The Election
Trump’s effort to undermine Joe Biden’s win in Michigan faced a devastating failure when a state board took a vote that is normally uncontroversial.
Ryan Brooks
This Photographer's Images Capture The Surreal Experience Of 2020 In The US
Covering America on the ground this year turned into covering protests, politics, and a lot more.
Pia Peterson
Camilla Is Being Trolled For The Portrayal Of Her Relationship With Prince Charles In "The Crown"
Fans of the show have taken to the official social media accounts for the Royal Family to disparage Camilla.
Ade Onibada
Why "The Masked Singer” Is The Most Bonkers Show On Television
The Fox competition show has turned celebrity recycling into the most fun guessing game on TV. (Some necessary spoilers ahead.)
Alessa Dominguez
There Is No Democratic Reckoning Coming Over Their Election Misses
Democrats were expected to gain seats in the House and Senate. There doesn’t look to be much soul-searching coming for the party.
Addy Baird
Charli D'Amelio, The Most Popular Teen TikToker, Is The First To Hit 100 Million Followers
Few celebrities and influencers have broken the 100 million benchmark on other social platforms, like Instagram.
Tanya Chen
Snapchat Will Now Pay People For Posts
A new section features public snaps, with money given out for the ones that go viral.
Katie Notopoulos
A Third Coronavirus Vaccine Trial Has Reported Promising — But Confusing — Results
The vaccine, which Oxford University developed alongside the company AstraZeneca, was reportedly highly effective in preventing hospitalizations or severe cases of the coronavirus.
Ikran Dahir
This 5-Year-Old Girl Put On A Mask Before Going Shopping, But It Wasn’t Exactly The Mask Her Mom Was Expecting
"This is the way."
Otillia Steadman
Ted Cruz Tweeted A Thoughtless Thanksgiving Meme While Texas Morgues Overflowed With COVID Victims
The Texas senator was criticized for tweeting a "war on Thanksgiving" meme while El Paso morgues were overwhelmed with bodies and thousands lined up outside a food bank in Dallas amid surging COVID cases in the state.
Tasneem Nashrulla
Here Are Some Great Virtual Book Events Happening This Week: Nov. 23–29
A short week packed with great events, including conversations about Taiwanese diasporan literature, race and motherhood, LA crime fiction, and more.
Arianna Rebolini
A Judge Demolished The Trump Campaign’s Effort To Undo Biden’s Win In Pennsylvania And Push Fraud Conspiracies
“This is simply not how the Constitution works,” Judge Matthew Brann wrote of the Trump campaign’s push to stop Pennsylvania from certifying the election results.
Zoe Tillman
Uber And Lyft Spent Hundreds Of Millions To Win Their Fight Over Workers’ Rights. It Worked.
At the start of the year, it looked like the labor movement was gaining ground in its fight for gig workers’ rights. The tech industry spent big to defeat them.
Caroline O'Donovan
